Waters, L., Csikszentmihalyi, M., Pawelski, J., Hefferon, K., & Sartori, R. (2012) An exploration of the impact of graduate research and application-based projects on the field of positive psychology. 6th European Conference on Positive Psychology, Russia, June 26-29.

Waters, L. (2010). Member of invited panel on Positive Psychology. ‘What contribution can Positive Psychology make to Australian education and do we want it to? Second Australian Positive Psychology and Well-being conference, February 12-13, Monash University, Melbourne.

Waters, L., Hall., DT, & Bricoe, J. (2005). Protean career attitude, self-esteem and job-search intensity during unemployment. Part of symposium on ‘A new vision for unemployment research: Looking at job loss through the eyes of the individual”. American Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Shared interest track, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 5-10.

Briscoe, J., Hall, DT & Waters, L. (2005). A Protean Approach to Unemployment: Results of a Qualitative Study. Part of symposium on ‘The Protean Career in the 21st Century: New Insights from Advances in Research’. American Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Careers Division and Organizational Behaviour Division, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 5-10.

Muller, J., Goddard, R., Creed, P.A. Johnson, K., & Waters, L. (2005) Evaluating Work For The Dole In Australia: Do Women Get A Fair Go? Part of symposium on ‘Working towards employment: job loss, psychological distress, access to latent and manifest functions of employment and job-search activity in Australian youths and adults. 6th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, June 30th- July 3rd.

Waters, L., (2002). Protégé-mentor fit in perceptions of the provision of psychosocial support. Part of symposium on ‘Underlying Processes Responsible for Beneficial Mentorships: Implications of Emerging Research’. Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology,

Waters, L. (2013). The role of gratitude in creating positive schools. The First Annual Australian Conference on Positive Education, April 5-6, Sydney, Australia.

Waters, L. (2012). Positive Education in an International Context. International Baccalaureate Australasia Conference, Melbourne, April 12th.

Waters, L. (2011). Member of invited panel on Positive Psychology. ‘Thinking strategically about Positive Education’. The Second Australian Positive Psychology in Education Symposium, April 16, Sydney University.

Waters, L. (2010). Member of invited panel on Positive Psychology. ‘What contribution can Positive Psychology make to Australian education and do we want it to? Second Australian Positive Psychology and Well-being conference, February 12-13, Monash University, Melbourne.

Waters, L., & Winefield, T. (2001). The effect of the Australian 'Work for the Dole' program upon participants’ self-esteem and psychological wellbeing: evidence from two separate studies’. International Commission on Occupational Health Expert Conference on ‘Occupational transitions: unemployment, underemployment and health’, Adelaide, December 10-12.

Refereed Conference Presentations (Refereed Abstract)

Waters, L. (2015). Parent strengths knowledge and use: Relationship to family satisfaction in parents and children. Fourth World Congress of Positive Psychology, Orlando, June 25-28, 2015.Waters, L., & Stokes, H. (2013). The effects of gratitude on the cultivation of wellbeing and positive relationships for school leaders. Third World Congress on Positive Psychology, Los Angeles, June 27-30.Williams, P., & Waters, L. (2013). Raising psychological capital and awareness of organisational virtues in school staff. Third World Congress on Positive Psychology, Los Angeles, June 27-30.Strauss, G., Waters, L., & Somech, A. (2013). An investigation of the relationship between psychological capital and school leaders’ workplace well-being. Third World Congress on Positive Psychology, Los Angeles, June 27-30.

Waters, L., (2011). Twenty first century schooling and positive education: a meeting of hearts and minds. Australian psychological Society Educational and Developmental Psychology Conference, November 25-26, Melbourne.